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, 1887-08-18

The Empress of Russia has quite as Wig
orous an appetite as any member of her
family could boast of. But she is an in
defatignble dancer, often firing down all
the aides-de-camp admitted to her dancing
parties, and she accompanies the ear in
his walks and rides. This keeps her in
health. If one eats heartily and does not
TAX it out in strong physical cXertion the
ills to which flesh is heir break out and
nave it all their own way. A breakfast,
with meat and eggs, taken in bed in the
morning, a reflection later on, a dinner,
followed at 3 by n "high" German tea,
TALLY meaty kind, served Mt night in the
boudoir, are too much for Il fragile woman,
whether Of royal or non-rOyal lineage, and
only serve, if she be ]sedentary, to nourish
equity and other affections. Chicago
News
, 1887-08-18

w. \. Hunt can always be relied upon,
not only to carry in stock the best of
everything, but to secure the agency for
such article as have well known merit, and
are popular with the people, thereby sus-
tanning the reputation of being always
cuterprisiur, and ever reliable. Having
secured the agency FOR the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption.
will sell it on a positive guarantee. 1t
will surely cure any and every affection of
throat, lungs and chest, and to show you
our confidence, we invite you to call and
get a trial bottle free.
, 1887-08-18

The most surprising freedom prevails
among the lower classes, and, for that
matter, it is openly limited at Carlsbad
among the a%ristocracy as well, promiscu-
Gus kissing being INDUCED in upon every
occasion, more especially at hotels. where
it is expected that upon settling one's
bin the chambermaid and waitress who
attended the traveller must be both kissed
before the entire company. This peculiar
custom was particularly trying to my com
paniOn, who upon every occasion chose
rather TO incur the displeasure of the
young ladies than to sanction a practice
that certainly can lead to no good result
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
, 1887-08-18
Getting Acquainted.

"Why I did not know that you and
hat little girl had got acquainted yet, "
said a RoXbury father to his G-year-old
son, who came in from a walk on the adj
joining lawn with the tiny daughter of the
new next door neighbor. ''Yes, Clara
and l have been 'quainted lots of days"
said the very small boy. "What did you
Say to her first2'' asked the father. 'Oh,
Clara spoke to me first; she came down
by the chicken house and asked me how
many prayers l say nights, and l told her,
and then l asked her how many prayers
she says, and she told me, and then we
We're acquainted. Boston Record.
, 1887-08-18

A Yankee clerk in one of the depart
ments has invented a continuance called
the autiphone. The thing consists of n
little diaphragm that can be put in the
ear, where it is not visible or unpleasant,
and it shuts out all sounds except the
words Of a person conversing close to one
wearing the phones. The noise Of
wagons, ice cream men and the deviled
crab man are wholly shut out. The dia-
phragm operates like the corundum
crystals that polarize light, letting some
rays pass and shutting out others.-New
York Sun.
, 1887-08-18

George Hart was arraigned before Judge
Lee yesterday charged with vagrancy.
He cmphatically denied the allegation and
delied the alligator. At the conclusion of
George remarks he was given twenty
minutes in which to shake the dust of
Cheyenne from his feet. AS he darted
out the door the tramp thanked the judge
and declared that an allowance of ten
minutes would have been amply sufi-
cient..
, 1887-08-18

EX-Congressman Amos Townsend, of
Cleveland, told me the other day that
Gen. Garfield had regarded his wife as his
most severe aud relentless critic in literary
matters She had been the generals pu-
pill at Hiram college and kept pace with
all his literary work. He was cratic at
times, but her mind was steady and even,
and he submitted all his orations and
speeches to her critical analysis and judg-
mcnt, and frequently made corrections
md amendments suggested by her.-New
York Tribune.
, 1887-08-18

Nobody but the boy on the farm knows
how agricultural pursuits make the back
ache. He is never erect in his work. He
bends to the scythe, the hoe, and the pillow
handles; he stoops to plant corn, to spade
and weed the garden, to pick potatoes, to
to pile up stones in the meadow. Every
thing, whether moving away hay in n
white hot loft in summer, carrying heavy
pals of swil to the clamurous hogs, cock
ing hay in the windows, turning the
grindstonc for the aX or the sCythc-au of
these affect his spinal column, and
aitiict him with n perpetual ache.-"Po-
liuto' in Chicago Times.
, 1887-08-18

Though the Sunday paper is more or
less literary, l do not believe that it inter
feres now, or will in the future interfere,
with the circulation Of the literary week
lies and the magazines. All thinking
men will naturally go to the weeklics and
magazines to be informed on certain sub
iects. 4 great change would have to
take place in the daily newspaper before
it could be n serious opponent to the more
carefully prepared weeklies and month
les.-OswalG Ottendorfer in The Epoch.
, 1887-08-18

We forgot to join in with orr para
graphic brethren OF the country and help
joke the shallow strawberry boxes, but
this is no joke: \ Kentucky grower lost
over $40 ON II shipment by being away
from his place and the new man putting
the berries in the bottoms of the boxes. he
thinking they, being the deepest, were the
tops.-Kentucky State Journal.
, 1887-08-18

81 hope our chatter does not disturb
you, sir said a miss to a gentleman who
was ~composedly reading u paper in the
midst Of the hubbub caused by half a doz-
TN vivacious school girls. 80, not Mt all, "
was the reply, 81 have eight daughters OF
my owlL"-Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1887-08-18

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very wonder
full machinery it is. Not only the larger
AIR passages, but the thousands of little
tubes and cavities leading from them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be there,
your lungs cannot do half their work.
nd what they do, they cannot do well
Call it cold, cough, Group. Pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption, or any of the fam
lily of throat and nose and head and lung
distractions, all are bad. All ought to
be got rid Of There is Just one sure way
to get rid of them. That is to take
Boschcc's German Syrup, which any
Irugrist will sell You at Is cents Il bottle.
Even if everything else has failed you
you may depend uuon this for certain.
, 1887-08-18
Cocaine as n Cure for Morphine Hab,.

Bornemann, in The Deutsche Medical
Zeitung, states that the victim of NOR
phine looks to cocaine for help, and, mis-
taking its effects for those of morphine
abstinence, seeks to remove them by
more cocaine, until, unless he becomes
enlightened. he finally becomes an in.
mate of an insane asylum. In thrc,,
out of six eases known to him this wa,
the result.
, 1887-08-18

A drunken woman last evening at
to steal the change from the
money drawer at Kiplinger's restaurant.
She was detected and thrown out by the
, 1887-08-18
SOCIETY OF THE LADIES.

Our young friend, if fond of dancing,
joins, and goes in for an amusement in
which only the dancing girls engag If,
however, he is not a disciple of Terpsi-
chore, n is still fond of ladies' society,
he has an equal number of beautiful and
accomplished girls, who will talk, walk,
ride or tlirt with him, but disapprove of
dancing.
If Il friend is not susceptible to the
charms of the fair sex, he is by this time
deep in his studies, getting quite inter-
ested in some ancient Greek, Latin or
Hebrew novelist, or else is just beginning
to see the beauty of solid geometry, law
or anatomy. II he does not care to study,
he will find man. who are only too glad
to teach him how to spend his money, and
frequently to spend it for him. But we
will not suppose our friend has such a
disposition as either to be afraid of the
girls or his studies. For 1t very fire.
quently happens that the best students do
a good deal of "calicoing."
about this time he is asked. either by n
friend or some person specially appointed
for the purpose, to unite himself with the
Y. NJ. G. A, which is the oldest college
Y. NJ. c. A. in the world-having been
founded in 1858 Il having been kept up
ever since. If he is n member of any es-
tablished church, he rarely hesitates to
take advantage Of this opportunity to
show his interest and join in the only re-
ligious work OF the university; for the Y.
NJ. G. A. is the only authorized religious
organization here. b. Wilbur, IT., in
Li~ppincott's.
, 1887-08-18

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice ~hqueurs and superfine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-08-18

There is many a heart that dwells in its
soul, like n hermit in his cell, its own sad
and sorrowing confessOr.-umeLe Esek-
, 1887-08-18

Cheyenne Transfer company-From
five pounds per day to a carload al a time
Reasonable reductions to large
, 1887-08-18
would enjoy your dinner

~ \>C>> would enjoy your dinner
, sSoS and arc prevented by Dys-
RRe9psia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are n positive cure for dyspepsia, In
digestion. Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. % and 90 cents.
DIR. W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-08-18
CLIO T H | N G
FOR

Each year our mail order trade in
sreases. The people of the West are
finding they can save money 10y trading
with us, besides getting stylish and well
made goods.
We keep everything worn 10y mar or
boy, and our goods are made up with
special care, We carry many garments
not to be found elsewhere in Colorado.
Garments for miners, cattlcmcu and
~ranchmcu specially adopted to their re-
spcrtivc yOCulluns.
We chcrrlulIy send our Fashion Cnra-
Ioguc and Price List to any address. also
send sample, ami prices on application.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money re-
funded.
, 1887-08-18
THE NEW MANS BID
INITIATING A STUDENT INTO THE
MYSTERIES OF A "DYKE.D

College Fun in the University of vir-
tim-sooiaI Amusemsnts of the Stu
dents-Religious Organization.
We first visit the rooms of all our &C
quaintances, and inform them of the fact
that our new man has a "bid," and that
he must be initiated into the mysteries of
a 'dyke." This project meets with gen.
eral acceptance, and preparations are
forthwith begun for this time honored and
purely local institution. Dyke is said to
be derived from a Greek verb signifying
to 'show," to "point QUIT suppose
from the action of pointing with the right
hand at the victim as you scream, 'Dyker"
The preparations are made by procur-
ing all the old horns, some of them six,
eight and ten feet long, that we can lay
our hands on; al the coal scuttles, not in
actual use, for drums; and old clothes,
wrapped around sticks and saturated with
oil, for torches. With this ~parapher-
MALTA we collect around the door of our
innocent friend, and, making the rest
conceal themselves behind pillars, trees
and everything else available, 1 go into
his room and watch him dress; talking all
the time in the most uneXcited way posi-
BILE. AT last he is ready. 1 stay behind
to blow out the lamp as he goes out of the
door. 1 hear the words, Here he is,
boysl" CAN right ~ and a hurried 'fWhy,
what's the matter? What are you going
to dor" His questions are UNDECIDED, and,
after a momentary halt to give the fifty
torch bearers time to apply a match to the
combustible material on the ends of their
poles, the prolonged shout, "Dykel dykei
dykeI' is heard echoing Inc re-echoing up
and down the arcades, rousing all stu
dents, especially the new ones, from their
studies. The cry spreads like wildfire,
and is taken up from room to room,
house to house, range to range,
until the venerable old walls shake
with the din. Amid the shouts, the
blowing of the immense horns, and the
beating of tin pans, the victim, in the
hands of his quasi friends and by the
glaring light of torches, now increased to
perhaps 100, is rushed around the lawn,
around the ranges, and then up the middle
of the campus, and is finally placed upon
the topmost step, leading to the rotunda
perch, some fifteen or twenty feet above
the sea of upturned faces, which seems t
be so cruelty enjoying themselves at his
expense.
, 1887-08-18
S\GGN Nights Nights is the

thousands suffering from Asthma, Cos.
sumption, Coughs. eJc. Did you ever t-y
AcSeT'5 English Rr,uy6y2 It is the best
pr 3nrati2n kuuva III Lung Troubles.
sod IN , positive guarantee at lOc. G0c
DIR. w. n. Hunt.
, 1887-08-18
X A SPEECH.

Some kind friend behind him takes off
his hat for him, another catches him back
of the neck and compels him to make a
bow. The cries of Speech! speechI'
make the welkin ring and the windows in
the old dome rattle. If he is n wise young
man, he will keep silent; if not, he will
attempt to speak; but he will never get
further han the first word, to be deafened
by the applause. In some ten minutes he
is considered to hay had enough. The
audience TAX him down, put on his hat,
and rush him down the middle of the
lawn at full speed. When the house at
which the entertainment is given is
reached, the 200 men for l have fire.
quently seen that many engaged in a
dyke form n double line extending fifty
or seventy-five yards, and the luckless
victim is rushed through by two captors,
right up into the house, little pitied by,
but affording much amusement to, the
girls assembled at the windows.
But when, despite Scylla and
~Charybdis, he has safely reached
his haven, they make up for their heart
lessness by being doubly sweet to him.;
and as he wends his way hOmeward, some
where about the witching hour of II, he
declares that for such pleasure he would
suffer it all again.
He soon makes the acquaintance of most
Of the young ladies in the ~ncighborhood,
if he is II ''calicOist' (which implies a
greater lover of the fair sex thar of his
studiesl, and pursues their acquaintance,
or not, as his sweet will may die
tate.
y german club is generally formed in
the early part Of the year, and gives
n german about once n month,
though last year 1t gave eighteen. This
club is composed Of the dancing girls as
well rs young men; the latter have to
sign Il pledge not to drink n drop of any
kim of liquor from II o'clock of the day of
the german until ~ O'Clock the next day.
This prevents any disorderly conduct, and
makes the germans much less objectiona-
BILE than formerly to the quiet citizens,
who were liable TO be disturbed at all
hours by the proarious germanites after
the dancing was over.
, 1887-08-18

Courtesy of HyO.
, 1887-08-18
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
u Over Half a Million Distributed.
Louisiana State Lottery C0mp'y

Incorporated in 1868 for D years by the Leg
rSlature for Educational and Charitable pur-
p~"Scs-with "A capital of 81 600, OCO-tO which n
reserve fund of over S5jO,OO has since been
added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chtse was made a part Of the present State Con-
stitutiOn adopted December ID. A. d. 1879.
The only lottery crer voted on and endOrS'f
By Le people Of any State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-02-08
'E0lEREEs OF THESE HORSES
w AR z a "a ed

TERMS OF SALE. onc-fourth
cash, one-half of balance IN Fall of 1856
other hnlf. Fall of 1887. Intending
buyers will do we'll to compare our
prices with Eastern dealers. Our
k-stern firm having man in France
to buy, and one in Illinois to buy
Grades, we defy competition.
We will mike another shipment Of
this favorite breed of Horses in the
Spring, md will take orders for grades
by cropping with thoroughbreds and
trotters, or any kind of crop of French
horse, as we'll as full btoods. $50
Also dealers in Polled Angus and Gal
loway cattle. L.. TED.
|. Correspondence solicited.
n. II. HARDY l. 90.
Successor to Illinois
Norman Horse Co.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-25
school-Booh, in San Francisco.

The Cal, referring to the distribution of
the text books in the public schools of that
city, says Superintendent Anderson has
received thus far from the Principals of the
schools s., 1877 %, the proceeds of sales of
State textbooks to pupils. A number of
Principals have not yet been heard from.
OF the above amount 1892 O5 was depos-
tied with the City and County Treasurer
yesterday TO be placed to the credit of the
revolving fund, and 81 ,3O5 the Superin
tendent sent to Sacramento for more books
The money was received in small silver
change and nickels, and when the Suterin-
tendent placed on the Treasurer's table an
array of sacks mainly filled with quarters,
dimes and half dimes, to be assorted and
counted, the clerks in the office stood
aghast Besides the money there are re-
ceipts for books furnished gratis to pupils
whose parents are in poor circumstances,
and which amount to between $3.50 and
500. As the revolving fund will be re-
daced by that amount, unless it is made up
in some way, and as it is desirable to main
tain the fund intact, the Superintendent
will present the receipts as vouchers to the
Supervisors and ask them for the money"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-25
CONVICT LABOR QUESTION.
A Resolution Abandoned by Its Father
and Supported as an Orphan.


EDS. RECORD UNION was much amused
and not little surprised at the manner in
which the labor question was handled, and
yet not handled, by one of the Prison Di-
rectors at the last meeting of the Board at
San Quentin. The real facts do not appear
to have found their way iAto public print,
and hence send you the transaction as il
occurred.
Some time ago the State Board of Prison
Directors passed resolution that after
September LIST, the door and sash factory
now in operation al San Quentin
should be discontinued. The company
having the contract for this work were
building factory of their own and in
tended to commence operations some time
In August. The Directors desired to EMPLOY
the convicts engaged in the factory in
building the new jute mill. Owing to the
unprecedented demand for lumber. the
company were delayed some three months
in obtaining their building material. The
Governors illness has DELAYED the full
preparation of plans for the new lutte
mill and consequently the management
could not utilize the labor of the conyicts
by September LIST as anticipated. The
door company asked: at the last meeting of
the Board an extension of ninety DAYS, be-
fore the final shutting down of the mill.
All OF the members of the Board
were in favor of granting the time
asked for except Director Sonntag.
Director Filcher drew up a resolution
granting the time asked for The Chair
main, MIR. Boggs, asked him if he moved
IFS adoption. Filcher answered that he did
not; but desired some one else tn nresenf
it. Mr., Boggs then called Director Devlin
TO the chair, and introduced the resolution
drawn up by Mr.. Filcher When the roll
was called, Filcher said Il desire moi to
vote. | want to see how the thing is going,
and 1 don't want to vote unless It is 2eces,
sary." Mr.. Devlin replied Mr.. Filcher,
you are a member of this Board and we
are entitled to the benefit of your iudg-
ment. l don't propose to allow Won to
shuttle around and find how the vote
stands and trim your sails accordingly.
This is your resolution, and you ought to
have an opinion about it. If you want to
vote against your own resolution, do so,
but be manly about it, His name was on
motion passed, and when the other mem
bers had voted the temporary Chairman,
Mr.. Devlin, desired the Clerk to call Mr..
Fllchers name again. Filcher said he de-
sired to be excused from voting, but Mr..
Devlin ruled he could not be excused with
out motion. Mr.. Boggs then moved that
Mr.. tllcher be excused from voting. and
the Chairman put the motion All in
favor of excusing Mr.. Filcher from voting
on his own resolution, will say ave." The
gentleman was excused. Why didn't he
want to vote? r
San Francisco, August %, 1887.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-25
Senator stanford,s Defense.

Ihe chicago Inter Ocean, speaking of the
recent railroad investigation in this State.
says Senator Stanford makes an explicit
reply to the demands of the Pacific Rail
way Commissioners petition to the United
States Circuit Court. The petition was that
the Court should compel him 10 answer
certain interrogatories which be has hith-
erto declined to answer. In part, The SEN
ator defends his actions upon a somewhat
subtle distinction between such property
and acts of the Central Pacific Railway
over which the United States has control
and such property and acts as in his opin-
ion it has no control. In part, ne defends
himself by affirmation that Questions
have been asked and a line of examination
prompted by disatfected and hostile per.
| sons, whose aim was more the pursuit q,
personal enmity of a private character
than the interest of the public at large Or
the ends of justice"
The first of the Senator's ayermsnts will
invoke minute inquiry as to the Acis al
Congress giving aid to the construction nj
the road, and into Acts OF the State of Cali
fornia empowering the organization OF the
| railway company. The second aroeaIs in
part at least, to the court of public cpinion
The sole objects of all inquiries of the Pm.
cific Railway Commission should be the
| conservation of public lands. and the en-
| forcement of such duties as the railw av,
agreed TO perform in return for grants Of
national land or national loans of money.
If its inquiries have been in whole or IN
| part directed to the qualification Of personal
| malice or the manufacture Of political cap-
ital, these inquiries may themselves be-
come the subjects of inquiry in Congress
| and out of it.
As to the vital allegation growing out of
his refusal to answer what he regards as
| extra judicial questions propounded by the
tCommission, the Senator SAYS: II have
never corrupted nor attempted to corrupt
| any member of legislature or any Con
gresham, or any public official, nor have |
| authorized any one to do So" This is plain
speaking, and it Is the speech of a man
whose word is entitled to credence. So far
as Senator Stanford is concerned. i. will
henceforth be believed that there has been
| neither corruption nor attempted corrup-
ton of officials or Legislators on behalf of
the Central Pacific. The reply is an ex-
cellent vindication OF personal INTEGRITY
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-25
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Hon. Caleb Dorsey, of Stanislaus county,
visited the city yesterday.
Captain T. W. Stevens is expected to re-
turn from his visit to the East to- day.
Colonel F. G. Crawford, of the Crawford
House, Willows, is visiting Sacramento.
Miss Effie Clark left yesterday for Grass
Valley, to visit the family of Samuel Gran
ger.
Miss Gussie Clark has returned from a
two-weeks' visit to Suisun and Tolenas
Springs.
Frank Slack and Charles Hull, who have
been spending few weeks at Lake Tahoe.
returned yesterday.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yes.
terday: J. Rendell, C. S. Violette, Mrs. A .
II. Johnson and daughter, Portland; c. ].
Smith, Milwaukee W. H. Riley, New
York; Thos. j. Formey, A. C. Leyey. Sam
Heymann, G. w. Wallace, J. f. Thorn.
u. b. Wilson, J. W. Thomas, w. d.
PERRIN. San Francisco ]. NJ. G. Jasper,
Wheatland; Thos. Mcdonald, Deadwood:
l. Rogers and wife, Elkridge, N. Y; J, E.
Peck, Syracuse, n. Y; Geo. A. Rogers. G.
f: Bigelow, San Francisco Raw b.
Gillerna, New York.